St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-18
DULUTH MATTERS
The Daily Record of Events in the
City by the Lake. tg9

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Oct. 17.-Careless
workmen, while blasting on street i'm
provements to-day, left box of dyma-
mite cartridges and percussion caps
near small blacksmith shop used for
repairing the tools of the laborers. The
blacksmith smelt something burning.
and poking his head out of the doorway
saw smoke coming from the box. He
ran from the place at once, but had only
proceeded about fifty feet when the
dynamite exploded, lifting him up in
the air without injury, but demoralizing
his shop, and glass and window SasheS
in residences near by, tearing pictures
from the walls and removing all trace
of two barrels of coal standing near the
shop.
At l 40 a. m. the wreck of a coal train
going south on the st. Paul & Duluth
road occurred from the breaking of an
axle. Nine cars were badly broken up
and three utterly demolished. The en-
gineer had his arm slightly hurt. The
track was blockaded for ten hours,
trains running around loop at Supe-
rlOr and Northern Pacific junction.
Telegraph wires were interfered with
and broken by the wreck.
Resolved, That this chamber request our
delegates in congress and such special com
mittees as may be sent to Washington this
winter TO labor to secure the following OBJ
jects: First-Obtaining an appropriation for
the building OF stone piers i'll place of the
act authorizing the bridging of the canal
with both wagon and railroad bridges, and
bridging the bay from Rices to Minnesota
points with railroad bridges. Third-For a
bill establishing range lights in this harbor.
Ennrth-Thn ofo So
station on Minnesota point Fi1th-Securing
a large appropriation to be expended in Du-
luth harbor.
1t was also determined to extend an
invitation to all Minnesota United
States senators and representatives to
assemble in Duluth to look matters over
before proceeding to Washington. A
reception will be given them.
All a meeting of the city council this
evening large number of contracts
were awarded for grading, sewers and
the building of sidewalks. Permission
for erecting new buildings were granted
to several applicants. The chief of DO
lice was instructed to rigidly enforce
the building ordinance.
The voluntary assignment of Carroll
q Son to A. Morrison was filed to-day.
Carroll ~ Son were proprietOrs of the
Bayfield, hotel, and apparently doing a
large business.
AN ACCIDENT.
A remarkable accident, fortunately
unattended by loss of life, occurred TO-
day at the Benz block, where the brick
layers were at work putting an addi-
tional story OH the building. Without
any previous warning, except Slight
cracking, large scaffolding gave away
with crash and reached the gronnd
q Nv r. NJ
Three brickIayers were left clinging To-
small holes inside of the building where
brick had been removed, and they, man
aged to scramble to the top of the build
ing without any hurt. 81
NOTES PICKED UP rs
Duluth will undoubtedly have a Northvvest
ern league base ball club next year. During
announced their willingness to contribute;
enough cash to put the club on a firm bssjS
Quinn, Scheilbeck, Earle and probably Brvl
nan will be retained. ~
E. E. Barnidge, proprietor of the defunct
Delmonico in this city, who left Duluth loy-
ing bills estimated at over So, 900. has an
nounced his determination of opening a no.
tel at Tower.
The st. Paul and Duluth railroad bridge
about which there has been SO much iitiga,
ton, will be completed by Jan. /. 1888 and
trains running over it.
1t is understood that the new Eouitable
building will be located OH the corner now
occupied by that ancient landmark, the Bay
View hotel. 10Y
Minnie Maddern has two nights engage
ment mere, commencing next Monday
Work on the street railway EXPANSION in
the West end has commenced.
HARRIsoN's REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE
has over S15O,000 inside property i'm Supe-
rior. Can be bought at one third of its real
value, as 1t must be sold. Hotel st. Louis